Researchers looked into tree rings and historical documents to shed light on the reason that brought the deadliest plague ...

Clues contained in tree rings have identified mid-14th-century volcanic activity as the first domino to fall in a sequence ...

Volcanoes may have played a pivotal role in the Black Death, the bubonic plague pandemic that ravaged 14th-century Europe.

A volcanic eruption may have triggered a deadly chain of events that brought the Black Plague to Europe in the 14th century.

Understanding the complex network of preceding events and their consequences is the only way to get a clearer picture of the ...

Previously unknown volcanic eruptions may have kicked off an unlikely series of events that brought the Black Death—the most ...

Learn how volcanic eruptions in 1345 started a chain of events that allowed the plague to enter Europe and start the Black Death.

Climate data and historical accounts suggest that crop failures in the 1340s prompted Italian officials to import grain from ...

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Researchers link a burst of volcanic activity in the mid-14th century directly to the eventual arrival of Yersinia pestis.

Clues contained in tree rings have identified volcanic activity as the "first domino to fall" in a sequence that led to the ...